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News and Information for the Town of Bedford
February 2007 - Posts
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BY SAPNA PATHAK Before Mark Watts took the mat for his semifinal consolation match at this year’s Division I wrestling championship, Brandon Viet told his senior captain one thing: find a way to take the referee out of it. And that’s what Read More...
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BY MATT STOUT All teams are looking for their place in school history. The girls of the Derryfield School basketball team would most definitely trade theirs. Despite 21 fourth-quarter points and several opportunities to tie 10th-seeded Gorham in the final Read More...
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BY ROD HANSEN Declan Rourke, who will turn 2 on Saturday, Feb. 24, is one of only 200 people in the world diagnosed with an atypical teritoid/rhabdoid tumor. “On Father’s Day of this past year, my son had a seizure and we brought him to the Read More...
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BY KEVIN SHALVEY If Mike Couture hadn’t been in a minor car crash on Friday, Feb. 16, he wouldn’t have gone home and interrupted a daytime burglary. Couture left his home at 3 Tebbetts Lane for work Friday at about 10 a.m., and didn’t Read More...
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BY KEVIN SHALVEY The three candidates running for two three-year terms on the town council agree growth is the most important issue facing Bedford, but each has a different take on how it’s affecting town taxes. Incumbent Michael Scanlon, a six-year Read More...
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BY KEVIN SHALVEY Councilors have increased the 2007 proposed budget by $12,840, allocating money for mosquito testing and new town voting booths. The proposed operating budget that will be brought to Town Meeting on Tuesday, March 7, is $23,002,751, said Read More...
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BY SAPNA PATHAK Three weeks before the biggest competition of the year, Holly Bernard decided to change things. She added another event to her gymnastics resume in hopes of placing at the NHIAA Girls Gymnastics State Championship meet in Salem. After Read More...
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BY MATT STOUT In most sports, it’d be considered a strange scene, as if some mistake had been made. There was Steve Van Der Beken, the coach of the Manchester West and Central swim teams, waving his arms frantically, hopping around with his right Read More...
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BY KEVIN SHALVEY Field use, town road upkeep, the town budget and a fire station were the main topics town council candidates Bob Young and Elaine Tefft debated on Monday, Feb. 12, in an hour-long debate. When asked what the number one issue facing Bedford Read More...
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BY KEVIN SHALVEY Many seniors and empty-nesters are finding affordable housing in Bedford as well as in Manchester, and while some want to remain near friends and family, developers are enticing them to move to the city for nearby shopping and maintenancefree Read More...
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BY KEVIN SHALVEY After 28 years, Lorraine O’Donnell moved out of her four-bedroom home on Buttonwood Road in Bedford and, the same afternoon, closed on her new condo in RiverWalk at Bedford. But the trouble came when she had to leave the driveway Read More...
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BY MATT STOUT Julianne Quinn has no regrets. If she had competed in only the 1,000-meter run at the Class L indoor track and field championships on Saturday, Feb. 3, maybe she would have placed first. And if she’d run just the 1,500, perhaps she’d Read More...
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BY SAPNA PATHAK It’ll be the first time the mascot and colors of the upcoming Bedford High School will be revealed. But it won’t be done at a high school event. With the creation of Bedford’s new Pop Warner program, expectations and Read More...
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BY KEVIN SHALVEY It was a relatively easy deliberative session for school administrators – very little public discussion and all warrants approved. Residents also approved a $2,500 amendment to the proposed 2007-08 operating budget, giving the board Read More...
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BY KEVIN SHALVEY Students at Bedford High School can take up to eight courses a semester, with alternating four class days and 85- minute block scheduling. The school board unanimously approved a basic schedule for Bedford High School Monday, Feb. 5. Read More...
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BY KEVIN SHALVEY Cameron Jennerjohn, 19, had good cause to jump into the frigid 40-degree Atlantic Ocean at Hampton Beach. Jennerjohn was part of the seven-member Plungeritas team from Bedford in the eighth annual New Hampshire Special Olympics Penguin Read More...
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BY DARRELL HALEN Due to his concern about global warming and climate change, resident Bob Jones is looking to the town council to help tackle the problem. Jones is asking councilors to support a resolution similar to ones being considered by voters throughout Read More...
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BY KEVIN SHALVEY Traffic officer Roland Latulippe wouldn’t leave his post unless he told to. And, he always had a pocket full of Tootsie Rolls. While directing traffic in Bedford, Latulippe has probably waved his orange glove at everyone who drives Read More...
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BY MATT STOUT Practice four days a week, a dual meet on Wednesdays and a Saturday reserved for tournament play usually meets a wrestling team’s standards for preparation. With the Division I state championship less than three weeks away, Manchester Read More...
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BY KEVIN SHALVEY Most students would shrug off the idea of going to school on weekend mornings, but the members of the Manchester West High School FIRST robotics team look foward to drilling holes in pipes, shortening metal brackets and cutting wood. Read More...
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BY KEVIN SHALVEY Road repairs, additional police and fire staff and tax relief for veterans will increase town taxes this year. The proposed general budget is $20,512,932. The total proposed budget is $22,990,271, which includes police special detail Read More...
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BY KEVIN SHALVEY With the opening of two new schools and the restructuring of the existing schools, Bedford’s school district will look very different if all the 2007-08 warrants are approved by voters. The restructuring of schools will ease overcrowding Read More...
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BY KEVIN SHALVEY The 11 school board warrant articles include contractual salary increases, choosing a school board member, the 2007-08 operating budget and whether to bond high school start-up costs. Bedford voters will meet to discuss the articles on Read More...
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